Re: [gentoo-dev] FYI: koutput/config-kernel should *NOT* be used/supported currently.

[Peter Johanson <latexer@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 03:40:42PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Peter Johanson wrote:
> >Hey all,
> >As a result, the kmod.eclass, and config-kernel have several problems,
> >and are only 1/2 implemented anyway. Sooo, don't use kmod.eclass. Just
> >don't. config-kernel i will be package.masking as well soon.
> 
> In that case, how should ebuilds go about building/installing external 2.6 
> modules for now? Any "model" ebuilds you can point me at?

As of 2.6.6, a new parameter "M=" was added, to take the place of using
SUBDIRS= when invoking the kernel build system outside of the kernel.
This, combined with some other kernel build fixes, meant that the kernel
build system wouldn't have to write to things all over the
/usr/src/linux tree when compiling external modules.

Most of the time, this means a simple sed to do s:SUBDIRS=:M=: on a
makefile or two is sufficient. This doesn't account for any older
kernels, but at this point, older 2.6 kernels have quite a few security
vulnerabilities ,and should be upgraded anyway. 

For example ebuilds, check out the new hostap-driver or ipw2100 ebuilds,
that do the above technique. Feel free to email me in private or catch
me on IRC if you want help with any particular ebuilds.

-pete

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel
> 

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Peter Johanson
<latexer@gentoo.org>

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